Series V. FOUNDERS: JUDY NORSIGIAN
Scope and Contents
Series V. FOUNDERS: JUDY NORSIGIAN, 1972-2000, n.d. (#11.20-25.15, F+D.4), contains records of founding member Judy Norsigian (Judy Norsigian). A co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves and The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, board member of the National Women's Health Network, board member and past president of the Women's State-Wide Legislative Network of Massachusetts, board member and past chair of Community Works (Boston's alternative fund for social change organizations), and member of a variety of scientific committees studying women's health issues, Norsigian has written numerous articles on women's health, and appeared on national television and radio programs. For additional biographical information, see #24.10; for correspondence and related material about lectures and other engagements, see Series XXIV (Engagements); and for international correspondence, see Series XI (International).
This series contains correspondence and related documents addressed to Judy Norsigian and other Boston Women's Health Book Collective members. Especially well represented are Norsigian's work on childbirth alternatives, the health concerns about the contraceptive Depo-Provera, midwifery, reproductive rights, and the Armenian translation/adaptation project for The New Our Bodies, Ourselves. Also included are more general correspondence files of the Collective as a whole, especially for endorsement requests by others; media contacts (correspondence, memos, and notes on telephone conversations); and correspondence with United States local, state and federal officials and international leaders about legislation, regulations, policies, etc., and with groups working on similar issues
Dates
- Creation: 1905-2003
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1972-1997
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
TERMS OF USE
Access. All readers must sign a special form. Access is unrestricted, with the following exceptions: personnel records (#5.1-5.23) are closed 70 years from date of creation; general correspondence of a personal nature (#70.7-73.9) is closed 70 years from date of creation, unless otherwise noted; visitor sign-in sheets (#90.10-90.12) are closed 70 years from date of creation; interviews with parents (#122.4-122.5, 122.9-123.21) are closed until January 1, 2039; original letters in Series XVI, Subseries D (#161.1-162.12) are closed 75 years from date of creation (redacted photocopies are available for research); and individual folders or items are closed as noted to protect personal privacy.
Extent
67.76 linear feet ((161 file boxes, 3 half file boxes) plus 2 folio folders, 5 folio+ folders, 1 oversize folder, 1 supersize folder, 10 photograph folders, 2 folio photograph folders, 1 folio+ photograph folder, 5 audiotapes, 1 videotape, and electronic records)Creator
- From the Collection: Boston Women's Health Book Collective (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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